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PUBLISHED BY PURDUE UNIVERSITY. AT LAFAYETTE, 

IN OCTOBER. NOVEMBER. FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL 

ENTERED AT THE POSTOFFICE AT LAFAYETTE, INDIANA, 
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N RECENT YEARS educational institutions have taken on new 
forms and aspects. The phrase ''academic halls** no longer in» 
dicates the material equipment of a college or a university 
One hears also of "laboratories'* and "apparatus.** The abstract 
has yielded a place to the concrete and practical. The scienti» 
fie spirit is prevalent, and student life has acquired a more 
tangible setting than ever before. 

In response to the demands of modern progress for training 
in science and technology, there have appeared institutions, of 
which Purdue University is a type, devoted to training young 
men and -women in the theory and applications of science to engineering, 
agriculture and the professions. 

The views which are presented on the followring pages reveal some of 
the material aspects as well as certain phases of student work and play in 
this, the largest purely scientific and technical institution in the west. The 
departments partially represented are: Mechanical Engineerings Civil En' 
gineerings Electrical Engineerings General Science, Agriculture and 'Pharmacy. 
The corresponding courses of study and equipment are described in the 
Annual Announcement, which will be sent to any address upon applica=> 
tion to 

THE PRESIDENT OF PURDUE, UNIVERSITY, LaFayette, Ind. 



NE of the prorr\inent buildings upon t!ie campus is tliat coqtaining tlqe class roon^s 
and laboratories of Physics and Electrical Eqgineering. 



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CIENCE HALL is tl^e name given to tl^e building coqtaiqing the departments of 
ChemistrL) and Biology. 



THE offices of the Uqiversitij, tl^e library, chapel, recitation rooms for general studies, 
and halls of tl^e students' literary societies, occupy the "Mair| Building." 



""^IFTY ACRES of well-kept lawns surround the University buildings and constitute 
■^ the "Campus " Many pleasing views greet tl^e eyes of the student as he goes 
to and from his duties, and th[e influence of such surroundings is of no small value 
in developing taste aqd character. 



URDUE HALL contaiqs recitation rooms for Matf^err^atics and Gern^an. 



THE United States co-operates with Purdue University ir| maintaining the Agricul- 
tural Experinnent Station of Iqdiana, with experinnental fields and greeq-hjouses- 
and laboratories of research. 



THE most conspicuous structure on thjC campus is the Engineering Building. From 
the tall clock-tower a peal of bells anr^ounces the hours. Over an acre of floor- 
space in this building is occupied by the various class-rooms, laboratories, shops and 
designing rooms of the engineering schools. Tl^e array of eqgines, apparatus and 
machines in this building furnishes a good idea of the demands of a technical educatioq. 



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THE School of Pl-iariT]acy occupies its own laboratory for the study of cl^emistry- 
pharrT|acy, the rranufacture and dispensing of medicirjes, and all of the opera, 
tioqs performed by the well-trair[ed apothecary. 



THE students of nqechanical engiqeering must devote much attention to the inqport- 
ant subject of machine design, for which work an anqple and beautiful room is pro- 
vided. 

Ir| tl^e laboratories are no less thjan forty steam cylinders, aggregating nqar^y types of 
steam engines, together with many other forrr]S of mechar|ical apparatus. 



THEORY aqd practice go Iqand in l^aqd in tl^e properly balanced scientific curriculum^ 
The student of civil engiqeering, for instance, is confronted in tl^e class-room by, 
difficult problems, and also is trained in thjc practical use of the instruments in the fields 



'OT all tl^e work of the Purdue studer^ts is marked by strict adherence to the demands-, 
of science. Tl^e youqg ladies in the studios of industrial art, actqieve results which- 
make the annual exhibit of this departn^ent tl^e artistic event of the year. 



TRAINING iq electrical engirjeering involves both theoretical and practical studL|. For 
the latter purpose the laboratories are equipped witl^ all of the modern forms of 
electrical mad^inery as well as special apparatus for research and experimeqt^ttion. 



CIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE is based upon the systematic study of all tlqe forces; 
agencies and n^aterials with wF]ich a practical farrT]er l^as to deal, 



THE design and operatioq of punnping n^achineri), and tl^e detern^inaticn of tP]e strengtl^ 
of n^aterials, are important factors in the trainiqg of the engineer, 



THE perfornqance or cl^emical experimeqts, and tlqe study of plants aqd animals, have 
muclq of interest aqd contribute something to tlqe growth of every intelligent miqd. 



THE locomoti\/e is admired and regarded witi] interest by everyorje. A locon^ojive 
mour|ted aqd iq use as a piece of iaboratory apparatus was an idea first coqceiVed 
and carried out at Purdue University. Th|e illustration shjows the thjird of a series of ma- 
chiqes of this sort wl^ich hjave beer| irjstailed and operated in the University laboratories. 
TF]e purpose of this apparatus is to enable students to study more carefully this type of 
steam motors, and to test it as thoroughly as is possible with a stationary engine. In tl^e 
illustration, a class of studeqts is carrying on a test of several hours duration while the 
locorqotive is operated continuously at a speed of fifty miles per hour. 



OLLEGE life is diversified and enriched by numerous student orgaqizations. Among 
these the Y. M. C. A. is especially helpful to new studeqts, and the association, 
home is a ceqter of right influence. Tl^e athletic association, literary societies, rqusical- 
organizations, fraternities and scientific societies, all have their proper part in the students 
routiqe of work and recreation. 



PLAY DAY is good for old and young, and ath|letic sports are the n^ost popular re- 
creation of college men. Gynnqasiunn classes iq the winter and field sports in sum- 
mer, with occasionally a gala day, whjeq tl^e crowds coqgregate to witness sorr\e friendly 
contest, add to the healtl^fulness and zest of life at Purdue University. 



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